Controversies prompt calls for change in coroner rules

11:06 PM,
Mar. 15, 2014

Al Klimek

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Some recent controversies involving death investigations in Wisconsin have prompted calls for stiffer requirements for the people who investigate deaths.

The proposed changes, however, must clear some legislative hurdles before becoming law, and supporters say they won't be approved before the state Legislature adjourns on April 1.

People ranging from state lawmakers to those who have lost loved ones under suspicious circumstances want to create a death-investigation license, which would require recipients to receive 40 hours of training. They also want the state to create a ...